Hong Kong

Dolce & Gabbana not allowing pictures to be taken from outside in Hong Kong

by fli on January 8, 2012

More than 1000 people protested in front of Dolce & Gabbana’s flagship store in Hong Kong on Sunday Jan 8, 2012 after the Italian clothing store allegedly stopping people from taking pictures in front of their front displays.

The protesters demand apology from the store but as of now D&G still refused to issue any public apology statement.

Timeline of the incidents:

12/2011

A post on forum claimed that he was stopped by the Harbor City’s security from taking picture of his girlfriend in front of D&G store.

4/1/2012

A Apple Daily reporter tried to take pictures outside of DOLCE & GABBANA store and camera was blocked by Harbor City’s security, claiming that tourist from China can take pictures here but others need to take the pictures from across the street.

5/1/2012

Newspaper Apple Daily reported the incident and the online community started a “Million people to take pictures” page.  Apple Daily reporter went to DOLCE & GABBANA store again to take picture and security threaten to break reporter’s camera.

6/1/2012

Over hundred of people stopped in front of the DOLCE & GABBANA store.  Close to the evening, two who suspected to be DOLCE & GABBANA’s management personnels arrived to the store and illegally parked their high profile cars in front of the store.

7/1/2012

A group started to organize a protest on Sunday Jan 8, 2012.  The Facebook page for the protest was “liked” by over 10K people.  DOLCE & GABBANA still refused to give out apology.

8/1/2012

Thousands of people were gathered outside of DOLCE& GABBANA store taking pictures.  Store was once closed due to the protest.

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The few minutes of Fame

by fli on May 12, 2009

fame

A lot of people want to be famous.  In this world of technology, it’s getting easier.  Just do something in public that is out of the ordinary, someone on the street will capture it on their phones and the next thing you know, it’s on the web everywhere.  With the rapid development of Web 2.0, it’s spreading out even faster.  Today, I got on Facebook and the clip of this woman who danced in front of the music store was posted by several people already.  This clip was taken in Hong Kong.  The woman was amazingly concentrated on her own performance that I find it adorable.  One observation is actually about the people who took the clip.  How comfortably people these days just take their phones out and record others in public.  How people shamelessly zoom into people’s life to capture the moment they find it funny.

Is this how this world’s turning into?   A place where surveillance is everywhere?  A tip here:  beware of these web distributors on the street!

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